Ohio Bills

Safety billsSB 19 ERPO Extreme Risk Protection Order to allow family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person’s access to firearms if that person poses a danger to themselves or others.

SB 43 DV limits on firearms to address domestic violence by means of firearms restrictions, penalty enhancements, and a prohibition against strangulation, and to make an appropriation.

SB 62Regards items that accelerate a firearm’s rate of fire to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm’s rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.

SB 63Establish requirements for firearms transfers to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.

SB 64Raise minimum age for purchasing firearms and increase penalty to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.

Bills to reduce gun violence

HB 33. Rep. Patmon. To prohibit any person from storing or leaving a firearm in the person’s residence unless the firearm is secured in safe storage or rendered inoperable if the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is able to gain access (Child Access Prevention.) Status: Assigned to House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee.

HB 151. Rep. Patmon. To prohibit a transfer of a firearm from a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer to a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer; and to provide for recordkeeping with respect to information obtained pursuant to such a background check. (Universal Background Checks.) Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee.

HB 152. Rep. Patmon. To require an applicant for a hunting license to specify whether the applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony and to require the license to specify “firearm restricted” if an applicant has so indicated. Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee.

HB 153. Rep. Patmon. To generally ban the manufacture, sale, alteration, and public display of imitation firearms and the disguising of a firearm to make it resemble an imitation firearm. Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee.

HB 305. Rep. Antonio, Boyd. To require a court that issues a protection order to determine if the respondent is prohibited from carrying or possessing a firearm & to transfer all firearms in the person’s possession to a law enforcement agency or a federally licensed firearms dealer. Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee.

HB 585. Rep Henne Expand the definition of dangerous ordnance to include armor peiercing ammunition and expand the definition of an automatic firearm to include any device within the federal definition of machine gun; to create additional conditions under which an individual may not possess a firearm or dangerous ordnance and to eliminate the process by which an individual may apply for relief from a weapons disability; to generally prohibit a person from buyingm purchasing obtaining, or furnishing a firearm on behalf of a third party; to provide for the entry of protection orders into the federal NCIC database and LEADS; and to provide for the issuance by a court of an extreme risk protection order. (sub bill added additional changes) Status: State and Local Government Committee.

SB 150. Sen. Brown; Cosponsors: Sens. Schiavoni, Thomas, Tavares. To prohibit a person convicted of domestic violence or assault of a family member, or a person subject to certain protection orders, from having a firearm. Status: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee.

HB 201. Reps. Hood and Brinkman; Cosponsors: Reps. Antani, Becker, Zeltwanger, Brenner, Goodman, Dean, Thompson, McColley, Vitale, Keller, Merrin, Blessing, Riedel, Wiggam, Lipps, Sprague, Johnson, Roegner, Householder, Schaffer, Faber, Koehler. To allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry concealed all firearms if not prohibited; to repeal the requirement to promptly inform an approaching officer if the licensee is carrying a firearm; and to provide that a person age 21 or older and not prohibited does not need a license in order to carry a concealed firearm. (Permitless Carry.) Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee.

HB 228. Reps.Johnson and LaTourette; Cosponsors: Reps. Conditt, Schuring, Pelanda, Patton, McColley, Antani, Becker, Brenner, Brinkman, Carfagna, Dean, Duffey, Ginter, Goodman, Green, Henne, Hill, Hood, Householder, Huffman, Keller, Koehler, Lipps, Merrin, Riedel, Roegner, Romanchuk, Schaffer, Slaby, Smith, R., Sprague, Stein, Thompson, Vitale, Wiggam. to assign to the prosecution the burden of disproving self-defense, to expand the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat before using force, and to modify the penalties for illegally carrying a concealed firearm or improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and the posting of warning signs regarding the possession of weapons on specified premises.(Stand your Ground.) Status: Assigned to House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee. Passed the House 11-14-18 sent to the Senate for approval.

HB 703 Repreenstatives Becker, Patton, Thompson, Retherford, Lang, Dean, Antani, Reidel, Roegner, Henne. To reduce the penalty for a concelaed handgun licesnsee who carries a concealed handgun in a prohibited place and to prohibit public employers and universities from discipling employees or students who lawfully carry a concealed handgun on the premises. Status: Federalism and Interstate Relatipns Committee.

SB 81.Sen. Terhar. To waive the concealed carry license fee for active members of the armed forces, veterans, to accept military experience as proof of competency with firearms regardless of when the applicant for a license acquired the experience, (Military Public Carry). Status: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee.

SB 122. Sen. Jordan. To permit concealed handgun licensees to carry concealed handguns in the statehouse and on its grounds (Statehouse Carry).

SB 142. Sen. Jordan. To allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry concealed all firearms not prohibited from possessing — and to provide that a person 21 years of age or older does not need a concealed handgun license in order to carry or have a concealed firearm. (Permitless Carry.) Status: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee.

SB 180.Sens. Uekcer, Hottinger; Cosponsors: Sens. Hoagland, Terhar, Jordan. to assign to the prosecution the burden of disproving a self-defense, to expand the locations where a person has no duty to retreat before using force and to modify the Law regarding the duty to keep the licensee’s hands in plain sight, the penalties for illegally carrying a concealed firearm or improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and the posting of warning signs regarding the possession of weapons on specified premises. (Stand Your Ground/Shoot First) Status: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee.